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Feb. 9, 1926. 1,572,140

0. A. H EPPES CONTAINER Filed March 1920 Patented Feb. 9, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, OTTO A. HEPPES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CONTAINER.

Application filed March 11, 1920. Serial No. 365,018.

useful Improvements in Containers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in containers.

It relates more particularly to rolls of roofing in which containers are provided for holding and carrying articles within the.

central opening or bore thereof. a

In preparing strip material, such as ro0f ing material, etc., for the market, it is the usual practice to roll the material into a cylinder and to place within the central opening of the cylinder, cartons containing nails or other suitable fastening devices and adhesive material to stick the edges of the .strips together or otherwise form a waterproof or smooth oint between. ad acent.

strips when laid.

Various methods and means have been devised and used for securing the cartons within the central opening of the rolled material but they have proven unsatisfactory or rather expensive.

One of the objects of this invention 1s to provide an improved method of securing one or more cartons within the central opening of a cylinder of rolled strip material.

Another object is to provide an improved means 'within a roll for holding and carrying cartons.

Another object is to pyovide an inexpensive method of applying and holding cartons in rolls of strip material.

Another object is to provide for the ready and secure. positioning and holding of cartons within the central opening of a cylinder of rolled strip material. I

Another object is to secure cartons within the opening in a roll of strip material so that they will not be displaced by ordinary handling but may be readily removed for use.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the specification and claim.

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, where- Fig. 1 is a perspective of a pair of cartons being prepared into a package for rolling in a strip of material.

- into carton 5.

Fig. 2 is a perspective of a carton package being rolled in a strip of material.

F ig... 3 is an end elevation of a carton package being wound within a roll of strip material, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective of another form of carton package.

In the embodiment chosen for illustration.

two cartons 5 and 6 are to be positioned and j held within the central opening of a cylinder of rolled striproofing material. Carton 5, for example, may be made of paper, fiber, wood or other suitable material and adapted for holding nails, tacks, brads, staples or screws and washers or any other type of fastening devices which may be used to hold the strip material in place. .Canton 5 may be a closed ended cylinder provided with a suitable cover.

Carton 6 may be in the form of a can for holding fluid or plastic adhesive or finishing material, such for example, as an asphaltum compound for joining adjacent courses of the strip material.

In positioning the cartons, they are first placed end 'to end as shown in Fig. 1 and covered and bound together by winding a suitable cover 7 about the same. Covering 7 tucked or folded in over the outside ends of the cartons as clearly shown in Fig. 1 so that the eartonsare securely bound together in a single, tight package. a l

The package composed of the two cartons and its covering 7 is then placed upon a strip of the roofing material 8 adjacent one end thereof. Near the inner end of the strip 8,

a suitable pin, such as a tack or nail 9 is driven thru the strip and carton package Thus the end of the strip 8 is held to the package which forms in effect a core for the'roll and the carton package and cartons are held within the central opening of the roll. The strip roofing material is now wound or rolledv into a cylinder about the carton package and its outer end is tied, pasted or otherwise fastened to make and maintain a tight roll or cylinder.

Fig. 4 shows a carton package wherein one or more cartons are enclosed in a larger carton. Two cartons 10 and 11, the former containing suitable fasteners and the latter contaming plastic, fluid or other suitable material, are housed within 'a larger carton 12. Carton 12 is made of paper, fiber, Wood or other suitable material into which tacks may be driven. It is provided with-a suitable cover 13 which may be suitably fastened in place if desired.

The smaller cartons 10 and 11 are first inserted in the largercarton 12.. Cover 13 is next applied and the rolled into the strip of material. The ackage thus formed is placed upon the stri of material adjacent one end. The end 0 the strip is secured to the package by driving a tack or small nailtherethrough as before. The strip of material is then wound or rolled about the carton package ,to form a cylinder, the outer end being suitably secured to maintain a tight roll.

It has been found that the foregoing method provides a cheap and satisfactory container for the cartons. By employing small tacks or nails to hold the carton package within the roll, the package may be .dinary handling package is ready to be I end only tacked to readily removed by forcing a stick or rod .thru the central opening. On the other hand the package is held safely within the roll against all of the ordinary shocks and jars to which a roll may be subjected in orduring storage, shipment, to.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is An article of merchandise, comprising a plurality of cartons, a covering strip wound upon and completely enclosing the same, the edge of the covering'strip being folded in over the outside endsof the cartons and held by the body of the strip to form a package in which the cartons are held together, and a roll of strip material having its inner said package and wound upon said package to form a roll covering the same.

In testimony whereof I hereunto subscribe my name. 

